They won the big one – and now the Wake Forest community wants to honor the Wake Forest High football team and its coaches with a big celebration. What will it be? When? Where?
Those questions will be decided by a committee Mayor Vivian Jones announced Tuesday night, and those people will be guided by suggestions from area residents.
You can make suggestions about the celebration by going to the town’s website, www.wakeforestnc.gov, and choosing Contact Us at the top of the opening page. Your message will go directly to Bill Crabtree, the communications and public affairs director who will also chair the celebration committee. The other members are Wake Forest Area Chamber of Commerce President Ann Welton, Mary Petretich with Wake Forest Arts, Downtown Director Lisa Hayes, Joe Kimray, Cindy Joyner, Stacey Bagley, Jill Bright and Wake Forest Commissioner Jim Thompson.
No date has been set as yet and no site has been chosen.
The mayor also said the commissioners had decided they would put up signs noting the Cougars’ win, petitioning the state to erect them on Stadium Drive and N.C. 98.
In case you were in a coma or on another planet last weekend, on Saturday the Cougars won the state 4AA football championship, defeating Greensboro Page 29-0. They are the first Wake County school to win a football title since 1987 when Garner won.
Also, Coach Lucas and all the players will be invited by the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee to attend the celebration on Thursday, January 19, at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church. They can join others in the light fellowship meal at 6 p.m. before they are recognized and applauded during the program at 7 p.m. The celebration is free and open to everyone.
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I suggest holding the rally at Trentini stadium
A BIG celebration.
Parade & maybe downtown where town folks can go.
I don’t know all of the people mentioned that will be on the committee,but I certainly think someone from Wake Forest High School should be involved.
Why is every “committee” the Mayor puts together always comprised of the same people? It’s really off-putting to the other 40,000 people who live in town.